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French, ‘false’.
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Borrowed from French faux. Doublet of false.
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faux (adj.)
from French faux "false" (12c., see false). Used with English words at least since 1676 (Etheredge, faux-prude). Used by itself, with French pronunciation, from 1980s to mean "fake."
